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Are you ready for an adventure? Jean Voice Dart's An Oinkrrific Day! A Musical, Bully-Busting, Barnyard Adventure is a valuable, heartwarming educational resource for teachers and parents. This sweet, silly, and straightforward poem-story packs a powerful message of friendship, self-confidence, harmony, and love. The storybook and the accompanying An Oinkrrific Day! Activity and Coloring Book teach:
Ten common farm animals (crow, cow, donkey, sheep, duck, horse, dog, cat, hen, chick)
Ten children's animal sounds (moo, caw, hee-haw, baa, quack, neigh, bow wow, cluck, cheep, meow)
Ten children's classroom rhythm instruments (xylophone, tambourine, wrist bells, maracas, ukulele, triangle, harmonica, cowbell, claves, and drum)
Common emotions and feelings (angry, sad, happy, brave, proud, loving, kind, sorry, surprised, sick, hungry, etc.)
Repetitive rhythmic rhyme patterns
The importance of a loving, supportive family and community
The importance of believing in oneself to follow one's dreams
The importance of apologizing and forgiving
Jean's rhythmic rhymes and Anastasia Yatsunenko's colorful illustrations introduce the reader to Bernie, the sensitive, posy-picking piglet, who must find an oinkrrific sound! Bernie leaves his family, meeting ten different barnyard buddies who offer advice.
What will Bernie do? Can he find his oinkrrific sound? In a magical moment, Bernie quietly listens and discovers the truth. Children and adults of all ages will giggle and smile as they learn how to be true to themselves, follow their dreams, and listen to their hearts.
It's the oinkity, oinkity best place to start!
About the author
Jean Voice Dart, MS, CATP, Expressive Arts Therapist, is a certified expressive arts therapy practitioner, certified coach, credentialed teacher, and HeartShine Press, LLC owner. People working with Jean feel, reveal, and heal by identifying buried emotions and rediscovering abandoned or neglected pathways to success. Jean has witnessed a lifetime of miraculous transformations with multiply challenged and gifted people using the creative arts, including writing, music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Working as the editor, publisher, and owner of HeartShine Press, LLC, Jean is passionate about meeting world-changers. She encourages, publishes, produces, and promotes uplifting efforts by courageous, creative conquerors. Jean lives near the ocean with her husband, Matt, and their dog, Pumpkin, and loves vanilla ice cream, Broadway musicals, and cool ocean breezes.
